The Zambia Road Safety Trust (ZRST) has urged motorists to reduce speed on the roads as the school season resumes today , May 11.
ZRST chairman Daniel Mwamba said in a statement released to ZANIS yesterday that during this period most children travel long distances to and from school and face high risks to road injury and death.
Mr Mwamba said drivers should be sensitive to children’s faults further stating that risks that drivers must accept that the main responsibility for keeping children safe rests with them and not with the children.
Mr Mwamba said road danger is not just statistics because it causes a great deal of suffering for the people who have lost a loved one or who are permanently disabled
The statement further indicated that according to the Zambia Police Service, nearly 2000 people were killed on the country’s roads last year in 2014.
Among these were over 800 pedestrians including vulnerable children who face grave risks as they walk to and from school every day.
Meanwhile, in a related development, the World Health Organisation says over 500 children are killed every day across the globe.
Good reminder, every little bit can help in reducing accidents